Amitabh Bachchan’s film ‘Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin’: Hit Hollywood remake, but flops at the box office

The Hindi film ‘Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahi’, released in 2002, was one of the major films of Bollywood’s Shahenshah Amitabh Bachchan. The film was inspired by the Hollywood blockbuster crime-comedy ‘Analyze This’. However, while this Hollywood film was a superhit, Amitabh’s film did not perform as expected at the box office.

Star cast and direction of the film

director:
- The film was directed by famous director David Dhawan, who is known for comedy films.
Star Cast:
- Amitabh Bachchan played the role of Doctor Rastogi in the film.
- Aishwarya Rai played the role of his sister Komal.
- Sanjay Dutt was in the role of gangster Munna Bhai.
- Ajay Devgan played the character of a man named Raja.

Interestingly, Aishwarya Rai, who is currently Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter-in-law, was playing his younger sister in this film.

summary of the story

The story of the film revolves around love, struggle and comedy.

Munna Bhai (Sanjay Dutt) falls in love with Komal (Aishwarya Rai).
But Komal is madly in love with Raja (Ajay Devgan).
Munna Bhai tries to convince Komal’s brother Dr. Rastogi (Amitabh Bachchan) to remove Raja from Komal’s life.

box office performance

The budget of the film was Rs 18 crore.

The film collected approximately Rs 19 crore from the Indian box office.
Although the film was successful in recouping its costs, it was tagged as a flop.
IMDb Rating: Just 4.2 out of 10.

Reasons why the film flopped

Story and Direction:
- The story of the film felt like an exact copy of a Hollywood film, which did not impress the audience much.
Lack of impact of comedy:
- Its comedy was weak compared to David Dhawan’s other films.
Expectations of audience:
- Despite having big names like Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai, the film did not live up to the expectations of the audience.

Comparison of ‘Hum Kisi Ke Kam Nahin’ and ‘Analyze This’

While ‘Analyze This’ was praised for its unique story, depth of characters and humor, the remake of ‘Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahi’ could not attract the Indian audience that much.